Overview
Introducción de Elaine Showalter, profesora de la Universidad de Princeton
Traducción de Gloria Méndez
Ilustraciones originales de Frank T. Merrill
Mujercitas, el clásico de Louisa May Alcott ambientado en la guerra de Secesión, fue publicado en Estados Unidos en 1868. Han pasado más de ciento cincuenta años desde entonces, pero la complicidad de las cuatro hermanas March, que resumen el espíritu crítico de una época en sus gestos y palabras, sigue siendo fuente de inspiración y disfrute para las generaciones de lectoras y lectores que se asoman por primera vez a las páginas de esta fascinante obra.
La introducción de Elaine Showalter, catedrática de la Universidad de Princeton y una de las voces más representativas de la crítica literaria feminista, analiza en detalle las influencias de Alcott y el impacto de Mujercitas en la obra de escritoras de la talla de Simone de Beauvoir o Joyce Carol Oates. La excelente traducción de Gloria Méndez está acompañada de algunas ilustraciones que aparecieron en la edición de 1880, a cargo del ilustrador americano Frank T. Merrill.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A universal story that has fascinated generations of readers for over one hundred and fifty years.
Introduction by Elaine Showalter, professor at Princeton University
Translation by Gloria Méndez
Original illustrations by Frank T. Merrill
Little Women, the classic by Louisa May Alcott set during the Civil War, was published in the United States in 1868. More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since then, but the camaraderie of the four March sisters, who embody the critical spirit of an era in their gestures and words, continues to inspire and delight generations of readers who open the pages of this fascinating work for the first time.
Elaine Showalter's introduction, a professor at Princeton University and one of the most representative voices of feminist literary criticism, analyzes in detail Alcott's influences and the impact of Little Women on the works of writers such as Simone de Beauvoir and Joyce Carol Oates. The excellent translation by Gloria Méndez is accompanied by some illustrations that appeared in the 1880 edition, by American illustrator Frank T. Merrill.
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